Out of curiosity, what was the reason you excluded Big Joe Turner's Atlantic output, given that it was pretty important in the evolution of rock 'n' roll? Was it because he originated from (and helped to invent) an older school of R&B than what was being covered?
Two reasons at once - the one you've mentioned AND he's got kind of a very messy LP discography for Atlantic. Mainly the former, he's really a 1930s-1940s veteran who just happened to get a second breath in the new age of R&B. (Though I did not follow this principle with John Lee Hooker, but that's because JLH has lots of important albums in the Sixties as well).
Out of curiosity, what was the reason you excluded Big Joe Turner's Atlantic output, given that it was pretty important in the evolution of rock 'n' roll? Was it because he originated from (and helped to invent) an older school of R&B than what was being covered?
Two reasons at once - the one you've mentioned AND he's got kind of a very messy LP discography for Atlantic. Mainly the former, he's really a 1930s-1940s veteran who just happened to get a second breath in the new age of R&B. (Though I did not follow this principle with John Lee Hooker, but that's because JLH has lots of important albums in the Sixties as well).